James Ramsay family farm; multiple views. Farm of 250 acres located in the Janesville Community about 17 miles northeast of Prentiss, eight miles west of Mt. Olive and nine miles south of Magee. James Ramsay is MSU Alumnus. Jefferson Davis Co....

Small journal kept by John Calvin Williams during the yellow fever epidemic in Dry Grove, Mississippi, in 1878. According to the note pasted later into the front of the journal, Williams himself died of the fever on October 31, 1878.

Oral history; interview with Dr. Bill M. Swoope, June 11, 2012, Mitchell Memorial Library, Mississippi State University. Dr. Swoope was born in 1931 in Lowndes County, Mississippi. He received his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees at MSU. In total,...

Letter from plantation manager A. B. Parks in Choctaw Agency, Mississippi, to Augusta Hopkins Rice, reporting that he slaughtered some hogs and is sending her some meat and produce. He also writes about cattle and spinning. 1864.

Volume 4 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 4 spans the dates of January 8-March 31, 1862.

Elmo Pugh family farm; multiple views. Farm of 260 acres located in the Ras Community about 12 miles east of Bay Springs and 12 miles northwest of Louin, MS. Jasper Co. agent W. C. Jefcoat assisted with selection of farm family.

Volume 27 of a continuing series (currently 31 volumes) showcasing an edited collection of documents by and about Ulysses S. Grant. Materials in the series span the dates of 1837-1885; volume 27 spans the dates of January 1-October 31, 1876.

Letter, Jane Hardwick Lipscomb, probably from Jasper County, Mississippi, to her sister-in-law Elizabeth Lipscomb Wier at Enterprise, Mississippi, telling of the state of the anxiety of her daughter Laura and sympathizing with the recent troubles...